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Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages? by pvg on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:05PM (#13823773)
If I can build the basic scalable submission and comment system in one 8 hour day

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[unless this is deliberate parody in which case, you got me]

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Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages? by EGreg on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:06PM (#13823783)
of what
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Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages? by pvg on Thursday March 09, 2017 @01:56AM (#13827576)
It feels like joke-explaining because it is but "I can implement this in a weekend" is one of the central self-unaware brogrammer cliches. You asked.
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Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages? by EGreg on Thursday March 09, 2017 @09:52AM (#13829613)
Everything I say is self-aware and the result of reflection before posting.

And btw I said 8 hours, not a weekend.

Look up Poe's Law.

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